You know when you have a million things to do but you don’t want to do any of them, so instead you do something else entirely? Yeah, last Friday I did that. (I told you I am the queen of procrastinating!) Reuben had a work function that evening and though I should have been packing for our move, I stayed up til 2am sewing myself a new dress. Logical, no?

Like the pink floral frock I made (and a couple of others I have made since) it’s loosely based on a pattern from this book but mostly just improvised. Unlike my previous dresses, this version is fully lined. It’s made from two thrifted sheets; a blue, white and lemon stripy one for the outside and a plain white one for the lining. The lace collar was also thrifted. I found a little bundle of these collars in an op-shop a while ago so you can expect to see them popping up on more dresses in the future!

So, now I have a new frock but we still have very few boxes packed. Reubs and I are moving this weekend so for the next little while we are going to be rather busy! This is approximately our 37 trillionth move but it never really gets any easier. Moving just isn’t much fun!

I hope everything is sunshiney in your world? Sending you lots of happy thoughts for the week ahead!

Katie x

PS Looking at these pictures I have realised I really should have ironed the dress before photographing it! Sorry about that…

I swear you get some of the best finds while out thrifting! That collar is precious & I love what it does for the simple dress pattern. Too cute!

I don’t wear many dresses because I can never seem to find everyday ones that I like in the stores. Might have to add that book to my wishlist so I can work on making a few. I have one of the other Built by Wendy sewing books & was planning on spending my winter in the craft room brushing up on my sewing skills anyways.

Sometimes you just need to do something illogical Katie and what you enjoy even if there are more pressing things that need to be done. It is good for your heart, mind and soul. The dress is gorgeous and I have the same problem – I can never find dresses in the style/colour/fit that I like and that I think suit my shape so am thinking I might start making my own too. Thank you for the inspiration. Your dress is beautiful, can’t wait to see some pics of you in it x

Once you figure out what works for you, I say you stick with it! So now I know how to make little dresses I feel comfy in I plan to make a million of them. Good luck with your quest to find the perfect Heidi dress pattern. I know it’s out there somewhere!

It’s good thing you done about doing something different then you need; I know that feeling and if I do it it’s amazing feeling.
I’m quite jealous to you, I wish I could sew clothes, I could make hundreds of designs for them, but I’m rubbish at sewing, all I can do is just draw desingns.
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